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Corus, Wijk aan Zee 2006. Round 11 27th January 2006. Brief comments by Mark Crowther -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Corus A Wijk aan Zee NED (NED), 14-29 i 2006 cat. XIX (2716)
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1. Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2801 * . 0 = 1 = . = 1 1 1 = 1 1 8.0 2873
2. Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2792 . * = . 1 1 1 = 1 = 1 = 0 = 7.5 2833
3. Adams, Michael g ENG 2707 1 = * 0 = 1 = = . = = . 1 = 6.5 2788
4. Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2723 = . 1 * = . = = = = 1 = 0 1 6.5 2772
5. Karjakin, Sergey g UKR 2660 0 0 = = * . = = = . 1 1 1 1 6.5 2781
6. Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2729 = 0 0 . . * = = = 1 = = 1 1 6.0 2755
7. Leko, Peter g HUN 2740 . 0 = = = = * . 0 = = 1 1 = 5.5 2710
8. Tiviakov, Sergei g NED 2669 = = = = = = . * = = 0 = . = 5.0 2684
9. Van Wely, Loek g NED 2647 0 0 . = = = 1 = * 1 . = 0 = 5.0 2686
10. Aronian, Levon g ARM 2752 0 = = = . 0 = = 0 * = 1 1 . 5.0 2684
11. Bacrot, Etienne g FRA 2717 0 0 = 0 0 = = 1 . = * = 1 . 4.5 2659
12. Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar g AZE 2709 = = . = 0 = 0 = = 0 = * . = 4.0 2617
13. Kamsky, Gata g USA 2686 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 . 1 0 0 . * = 3.5 2590
14. Sokolov, Ivan g NED 2689 0 = = 0 0 0 = = = . . = = * 3.5 2581
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Round 11 (January 27, 2006)
Anand, Viswanathan - Tiviakov, Sergei 1/2 50 B01 Centre Counter
Adams, Michael - Bacrot, Etienne 1/2 39 C42 Petroff's Defence
Karjakin, Sergey - Sokolov, Ivan 1-0 50 C83 Ruy Lopez Open
Leko, Peter - Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 1-0 37 C72 Ruy Lopez Modern Steinitz
Aronian, Levon - Gelfand, Boris 1/2 22 D17 Slav Defence
Kamsky, Gata - Van Wely, Loek 1-0 51 B85 Sicilian Scheveningen
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Topalov, Veselin 1/2 62 E20 Nimzo Indian
 Aronian - Gelfand. Photo © Mark Crowther The first game to finish in the round was Levon Aronian against Boris Gelfand, the players didn't get very far out of known theory before they halved the game. in a position where if anyone black was better. Michael Adams against Etienne Bacrot was a draw in 39 moves of a Petroff. Adams tried to press but Bacrot equalised easily enough and the game trailed off to a draw.  Shakhriyar Mamedyarov and Peter Leko discussing their game. Photo © Mark Crowther Peter Leko got back to 50% by defeating Shakhriyar Mamedyarov. The game probably should have ended in a draw if Mamedyarov had found 21. ...Bc3 as it was he found a bad idea 21. ...Rfe8 giving up the exchange, and Leko quickly refuted the idea brushing aside his opponents counter attack. Leko,P - Mamedyarov,S Corus Wijk aan Zee (11), 27.01.2006 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.0-0 Bd7 6.d4 exd4 7.Nxd4 b5 8.Nxc6 Bxc6 9.Bb3 Nf6 10.Nc3 Be7 11.Re1 0-0 12.a4 b4 [12...Re8 13.Qd3 (13.Qf3 b4 14.Nd5 Nxd5 15.exd5 Bd7 16.Bd2 Bf6 17.Bxb4 Bxb2 18.Rxe8+ Bxe8 19.Re1 a5 20.Bd2 Be5 21.g3 Bd7 22.h4 Qf6 23.Qxf6 Bxf6 24.Re4 h6 25.Rc4 Ra7 26.h5 Kf8 27.Kg2 Ke7 28.g4 Kd8 29.Kg3 Be7 30.Bc3 f6 31.f4 Be8 32.Re4 Bf8 33.Bd2 f5 34.Re1 fxg4 35.Kxg4 Bd7+ 36.f5 Be7 37.Bc3 Bf6 38.Bxf6+ gxf6 39.Kf3 Rb7 40.Rg1 Bxf5 41.Rg8+ Ke7 42.Kf4 Bd7 43.Rg7+ Ke8 44.Rh7 Rb4+ 45.Ke3 Bxa4 46.Bxa4+ Rxa4 47.Rxh6 Rh4 48.Rh8+ Kd7 49.Kf3 f5 50.Kg3 Rg4+ 51.Kf3 a4 52.Ra8 Rh4 53.Kg3 Rxh5 54.Rxa4 Rh1 55.Rd4 Rf1 56.Rd3 Kc8 1-0 Shirov,A-Short,N/Dubai UAE 2002/The Week in Chess 387) 13...b4 14.Qc4 bxc3 15.Qxc6 cxb2 16.Bxb2 Rf8 17.e5 dxe5 18.Bxe5 Bd6 19.Rad1 Qe8 20.Qc3 Bxe5 21.Rxe5 Qc8 22.Re7 Ra7 23.Qc4 h6 24.Rxf7 Rxf7 25.Qxf7+ Kh7 26.Be6 Qb8 27.Bf5+ Kh8 28.Qe7 Ra8 29.h3 c6 30.Bg6 Nd5 31.Qd7 Qb6 32.Re1 Rf8 33.Rf1 a5 34.c4 Nc3 35.Qe7 Qb4 36.Qe5 Qxc4 37.Re1 Nd5 38.Rb1 Qc5 39.Qg3 Nf4 40.Kh2 Nxg6 41.Qxg6 Qxf2 42.Qxc6 Rd8 43.Qe4 Qd4 44.Re1 Qxe4 45.Rxe4 Rd5 46.Kg3 Kh7 47.Kf4 Kg6 48.Rc4 Kf6 49.Rc6+ Ke7 50.Ke4 Rg5 51.g4 Kd7 52.Ra6 1/2-1/2 Guenther,A-Belostozkaja,J/Germany 2004/EXT 2005] 13.Nd5 Bxd5 14.exd5 Nd7 15.a5 Nc5 16.Ba4 Rb8 17.Bc6 Bf6 18.Qe2 Bd4 19.Rb1 Qf6 20.Rd1 h6 21.Qd2  21...Rfe8? Over ambitious. [21...Rfd8; 21...Bc3! 22.Qf4 b3] 22.Bxe8 Rxe8 23.Qf4 b3 24.c3 Qe7 25.Bd2 Be5 26.Qg4 Ne4 27.Be3 g6 28.g3 Bg7 29.Re1 h5 30.Qe2 h4 31.Qxa6 f5 32.Qb5 Be5 33.a6 hxg3 34.fxg3 Kf7 35.a7 Rh8 36.Qb8 Rxh2 37.a8Q 1-0  Anand - Tiviakov. Photo © Mark Crowther Sergei Tiviakov played an unusual idea in the Scandanavian against Viswanathan Anand. At first it looked very risky but Anand could not exploit his advantage in development and the players reached a level ending. Sergey Karjakin moved back into a tie for third place after defeating Ivan Sokolov. Karjakin was prepared for the variation of the open Lopez that Sokolov played but the game was probably pretty equal out of the opening. The Sokolov started to weaken and Karjakin exploited his chances well. Karjakin,Sergey - Sokolov,Iv [C83] Corus Wijk aan Zee (11), 27.01.2006 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 Sokolov plays this a lot so Karjakikn prepared. 8.dxe5 Be6 9.Nbd2 Be7 10.c3 0-0 11.Bc2 f5 [11...Nc5] 12.Nb3 The best according to Karjakin. 12...Qd7 13.Nbd4 Nxd4 14.Nxd4 c5 15.Nxe6 Qxe6 16.f3 Ng5 17.a4 g6 [17...Qc6] 18.Kh1 This is Karjakin's attempt to improve on Sutovsky - Sokolov. [18.Be3 Qc6 19.Bxg5 Bxg5 20.f4 Be7 21.Qf3 c4 22.Rfd1 Rad8 23.b4 a5 24.bxa5 b4 25.cxb4 Bxb4 26.Kh1 Qc5 27.a6 Rf7 28.Rac1 Qa5 29.h4 Kh8 30.e6 Re7 31.Qe3 Qxa6 32.Qe5+ Kg8 33.Rb1 Qa5 34.Qf6 Rf8 35.Qe5 Rd8 36.h5 Bc3 37.Qe2 Qc7 38.Qf3 d4 39.Rb5 Rxe6 40.Rb7 Qc6 41.Qxc3 dxc3 42.Rxd8+ Re8 43.Rdd7 Qf6 44.Kg1 gxh5 45.a5 Qg6 46.Re7 Rxe7 47.Rxe7 Qd6 48.Re2 Qc5+ 49.Kh2 Qxa5 50.Kg3 Qd5 51.Kh4 Qd3 52.Bxd3 cxd3 53.Re3 d2 54.Rd3 c2 55.Rxd2 c1Q 56.Rd8+ Kf7 57.Kg5 h6+ 0-1 Sutovsky,E-Sokolov,I/Hoogeveen NED 2005/The Week in Chess 573] 18...c4N [18...Kh8 19.Qe2 c4 20.Qf2 Rad8 21.axb5 axb5 22.Be3 Ra8 23.Qd2 Nf7 24.f4 Qc6 25.Rab1 Bc5 26.Bd1 Bxe3 27.Qxe3 Nd8 28.Bf3 Ne6 29.Rfd1 Rfd8 30.g3 Rab8 31.Rd2 b4 32.Rbd1 bxc3 33.bxc3 Rb5 34.Qf2 Nc7 1/2-1/2 Milos,G-Sorin,A/Villa Gesell ARG 1996] 19.b4 Useful for white, bad for black to take. 19...a5 Long think, white has a lot of moves. [19...Qxe5 20.f4 Qxc3 21.Bd2 white is winning.] 20.bxa5 [20.Qd4 axb4 (20...Nf7=) 21.cxb4 bxa4 22.Bxa4 Nf7 23.Bb2 Bxb4 24.Bd7 white wins.; 20.axb5 axb4 21.cxb4 Qd7 Ne6 and Qb5 to follow.] 20...Rxa5 21.Bxg5 Forced. 21...Bxg5 22.f4 Be7 23.axb5 Rxb5 24.Ba4  24...Rb2? [24...Ra5 25.Bd7; 24...Rbb8 25.Qd4 Rbc8 with the idea of Bc5 and he's not sure white has any advantage. White probably didn't get anything from the opening.] 25.Qd4 Black already has big problems. 25...Rc8 26.Rfd1 Rc5 27.Rab1 Rxb1 [27...Qb6 28.Rxb2 Qxb2 29.Bc6 wins.; 27...Ra2 28.Rb8+ Kg7 29.Bd7] 28.Rxb1 Ra5 29.Bd1 Qa6 [29...Bc5 30.Qd2 Ra8 31.Bf3 Rd8 32.Qa2 with the idea of going Qa5] 30.h3 Crossing black's intentions. [30.Bf3 Ra1 31.Bxd5+ Kg7 32.Qd1 Rxb1 33.Qxb1 Qa5 Black has good chances for a draw.] 30...Kg7? [30...Qa7 31.Qxa7 Rxa7 32.Bf3 still much better for white but black has chances to survive.] 31.Bf3 Ra1 [31...Qa7] 32.Rxa1 Qxa1+ 33.Kh2 White must win. 33...Qa5 [33...Qe1 34.g3! (34.Bxd5 Bh4) 34...h5 35.h4] 34.Bxd5 Bc5 [34...Qc5 35.Bxc4 is just winning.] 35.Qxc4 Bf2 surprised Karjakin. [35...Be3 36.g3] 36.Qe2 Qc5 37.c4 Now its just a technically winning position. 37...Bg1+ 38.Kh1 Be3 39.g3 Qa3 40.Kg2 h5 41.h4 Bc5 42.Qc2 Kf8 43.Qb1 Qb4 44.Qc2 Ke7 45.Bf3 Qe1 46.Qb3 Qb4 47.Qd3 Qb2+ 48.Kh3 Bd4 49.Bg2 Kf8? [49...Qc3 50.Qxc3] 50.c5 I played good games here. No draws with white and all draws with black. Good especially after losing to Anand in the first round. 1-0  Kamsky - van Wely. Photo © Mark Crowther. Gata Kamsky has struggled at Wijk aan Zee but showed that he can still take his chances in beating Loek Van Wely. Kamsky's anaemic opening repertoire is the problem and here he was also worse. Probably this helped him because it was when Van Wely tried to press for a win he forgot about his King and paid the price. Kamsky,G - Van Wely,L Corus Wijk aan Zee (11), 27.01.2006 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be2 a6 7.0-0 Be7 8.a4 Nc6 9.Be3 0-0 10.f4 Qc7 11.Kh1 Re8 12.Qe1 Nxd4 13.Bxd4 e5 14.Be3 exf4 15.Bxf4 Be6 16.a5 [16.Qd2 Rad8 17.Bf3 Nd7 18.Nd5 Bxd5 19.exd5 1/2-1/2 Tukmakov,V-Ribli,Z/Amsterdam 1974/MCL; 16.Rd1 Qb6 17.b3 Rac8 18.Bd3 Qc5 19.Ne2 Bg4 20.Rd2 Bd8 21.Qg3 Qh5 22.h3 Ba5 23.c3 Bxe2 24.Rxe2 Rxc3 25.Bd2 Rxb3 26.Qxd6 Bxd2 27.Rxd2 Qg5 28.Bc4 Rc3 29.Ba2 Rc6 30.Qb4 Rc7 31.Re2 h6 32.Qb3 Ree7 33.Rfe1 Rc1 34.e5 Ng4 35.e6 f5 36.Kg1 Qd2 37.Qg3 Rxe1+ 38.Qxe1 Qxe1+ 39.Rxe1 Nf6 40.Rf1 g6 41.g4 Kg7 42.gxf5 gxf5 43.Rxf5 Nh7 44.Rd5 Ng5 45.Rd6 Kf6 46.Rb6 Nxh3+ 47.Kg2 Nf4+ 48.Kg3 Ke5 49.Rb1 Nxe6 50.Rh1 Nd4 51.Bb1 Re6 52.Rh5+ Kd6 53.Ba2 Rg6+ 54.Kf4 Ne6+ 55.Ke3 Rg3+ 56.Ke4 Rg4+ 57.Ke3 Rxa4 58.Bb1 Ra3+ 59.Kd2 Nc5 60.Rxh6+ Kc7 61.Bh7 b5 62.Kc2 b4 63.Kb2 a5 64.Bg8 Rd3 65.Bc4 Rd2+ 66.Kc1 Rd6 67.Rh7+ Kb6 68.Kc2 Ne6 69.Kb2 Nd4 70.Rh5 a4 71.Rg5 a3+ 72.Ka2 Rc6 73.Bd3 Rf6 74.Rg6 Rxg6 75.Bxg6 Kc5 76.Bf7 Kd6 77.Bg6 Kd5 78.Bf7+ Ke4 79.Bg6+ Ke3 80.Bh5 Kd2 81.Bg4 Kc1 82.Bh5 b3+ 0-1 Kalnins,K-Klovans,J/Riga LAT 2005/The Week in Chess 550] 16...Nd7 17.Qg3 Ne5 18.Be3 Bf8 19.Bb6 Qc6 20.Bd3 g6 21.Ne2 Bg7 22.Nd4 Qd7 23.Rad1 Rac8 24.b3 Bg4 25.Rd2 Nxd3 26.Qxd3 d5 27.h3 Forced according Kamsky. 27...dxe4 28.Qe3 Be6 29.c4 h5 30.Nb5 axb5 31.Rxd7 Bxd7 32.Qf4 Be6 [32...Re7 33.Qd6 Rce8 34.Bc5 (34.Be3 bxc4 35.bxc4 Bc6 36.a6) ] 33.cxb5 Bxb3 34.Be3 Bc4 35.Rc1 Bxb5 36.Rxc8 Rxc8 37.Qxe4 Bc6 38.Qc2 Re8 39.Bf2?! Re6 [39...Re5 40.a6 Rg5 41.a7 (41.Kg1 Rxg2+ 42.Kf1 Bd4 43.a7 was a miscalculation Kamsky made during the game.) 41...Bxg2+ 42.Kh2 Be5+ 43.Bg3 Bxg3+ 44.Kg1] 40.Kg1 Be5 41.Qb3 Bf4 [41...Bc7 If black can trade the queenside pawns and keep both bishops he may be better. But it seems this isn't possible.] 42.h4 Kamsky sets up his defensive postion. 42...Re4 43.Qb6 Be5 44.Qc5 White has shown enough to draw. 44...Bc7? But now in an attempt to win Van Wely takes all his pieces away from the defense of his King. [44...Bd7] 45.a6  Now black is already lost. 45...Ra4 46.Bd4 and now suddenly its clear that black can't defend his King. 46...Rxa6 47.Qe7 Ba5 48.Qe5 Kf8 49.Qd6+ Ke8 50.Bf6 Bb6+ 51.Kh2 1-0  Ivanchuk - Topalov. Photo © Mark Crowther Vassily Ivanchuk against Veselin Topalov was a heavyweight struggle in a Nimzo Indian. Ivanchuk turned down a draw by repetition on move 23 even with only 27 minutes left on his clock. Ivanchuk had to play accurately in the ensuing rook and pawn ending to hold the draw in the final game of the day to finish. |
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